we are taking care of predator control we're going to officially
consider ourselves the calf and fawn recruitment committee
we're hoping that uh the bear comes out on this car because you can kind of see the
birds flying over there johnny's set up he's gotta tag this is the last day of the hunt
for the bear season and this is the last couple hours of light so we'll just see what happens
do again i really don't want to go in there with the wounded bear did he go down
no but he i think you hit him in the shoulder well that's where i put it
because i wanted i think he was limping i think he was limping
i put it mid body right on his shoulder
i knew that was gonna happen fast
okay go ahead well it's september 30th last day of bear season paul saw birds flying we had a
bull we've been looking for thought we had a dead bull here and they actually walked up
guy and paul earlier today and walked in here and a big bear had killed this cow elk and has
it right here on the river so i had a bear tag and i can i actually set up here with uh
bill neff from yeti and so we sat here and about four minutes ago it walked out of the thick
willows here and we're glad to see him laying over there not having to go back into the willows
let's go look at him ike across the river yep let's cross the river
we might get wet but we'll go down here where it's running i don't think there's any may about
it i think we're gonna get wet yeah well i'm trying to figure out where not to get too wet
a bear padded that up so we keep the birds out of it
and about 6 45 he came walking out of the willows and man does he ever have a pumpkin head on him
huge huge head two years in a row two boars on the last day of the season
holy crap
i was afraid to let him totally stop johnny i can't tell you he did this
we walked all the way around yeah he's toasted
good
nice spot
well you just never know folks we walked over the ridge saw the bear walked over the ridge couldn't
find him thought the hunt was over the sun's going down last night of season we're walking back
to the uh to the rig and he made a big circle and come around right above us
just crazy that's bear hunting right johnny this is three years three years in a row last
night bear on the last evening yup
three years in a row on three big bears
this is a big bear
yeah we've seen him a couple different times
they got video of him yeah he was in here last night same place
he's a fat sucker we've seen him a couple years in a row
fat i think it's
sow isn't it johnny
we hammered him yup hammered hammered
a sow johnny huh
yep big sow way fat sow that's an old sow look at her too is she she's got
yeah she is a pretty warm flat i don't want wearing for sure
i just hope that wind doesn't get us it's going that way a little
you gonna shoot from right there on the corner you think
do you see him no
he's got his
he's got his butt in the bushes
yeah yup yup yup yup he's right there
dead on him 250 yep is that what it is it's 265
got the wind let's just go closer and get better
no
he's in the oak brush he's gotta be right
i see the oak brush moving right there
i don't think there's any hurry it's gonna come out of there
how far is it now 195 oh perfect
there he is
there he goes right to left
good
johnny a little high over top
just to the right a little bit or left i'm sorry just to left he's in those rocks now
there he is
got him woo
watch him watch him he's coming hard
come on
he's done
i should have been right on his shoulder yeah you smoked him in the lungs i think first felt good
good shooting johnny well i don't know i should have had him the first time
it's the gun it's the gun
well that's crazy we got a twofer tonight and we did that two years ago with travis
(yeah) that's about the same (yeah) 15 minutes (september 30th) maybe 30 minutes apart
it's unbelievable
oh good job johnny
gotta get these shells out yeah
oh that's great
i know the second i was right behind the shoulder
i bet this is the bear y'all saw this morning
he should be right here here he is
boy it's real almost blondish uh chocolate yeah we might
yup definitely boar head on him huh you tip his nose down a little johnny yeah there you go
we're gonna officially consider ourselves the calf and fawn recruitment committee
we are taking care of predator control right and then you're going to as soon as the snow
flies you're going to take care of the rest of the predators the cat lines yep well you got
to do that you know when you have a healthy you have to have a healthy population deer and elk
these bears and cats just really take their toll on them don't they and a lot of people
don't realize that black bears because they see them eating acorns or grass or whatever but
they really take their toll don't they johnny you know in the springtime it's unbelievable
i i heard a statistic one time as 21 calves a bear like this size will eat 21 calves in the in the
first month that the calves are born 21 of them they can if they get into a big calving ground
yep you know they come out of hibernation they eat that grass to get their gut going
they don't have a lot of fruit berries or anything yet and they start getting on those
little elk cubs one a day you you put in a place like this one how many bears have we seen
in here five i mean there's three right here three right here tonight yeah there's there's
that could be 20 30 40 calves a year and that's 20 bulls that's 20 bulls we saved right there yeah
yeah yeah in five years yep yeah even the smaller ones a lot of people think it's just the big boars
but you know these 200 250 pounders they're fast and quick and they can really take take their toll
on a big animal bigger animal than you think especially the cats yep yeah well that's cool
we might get three tonight unbelievable unbelievable oh good job johnny
you tell us when you're gonna get ready 'kay
he said each hash mark is a hundred
he's walking uphill 20 yards walking uphill
now he's walking to the right
there he's in the open right there
got him oh yeah
okay wait there's a good shot
i got him
guy i mean mike stay on him okay you have a better angle is he in that is he in that log right there
he had a baby nice had a baby
for a black bear that is just fantastic black bear and that that's an old bear
yep that's a fantastic 15 year old plus probably it's awesome
guys i appreciate you looking this just fun i'm glad i got part of this
i'm glad i came to work today the nerve damn near foot ear to ear dear boy we got ripped ear from
fighting look at that and you got big old hands too you have the smallest hands
gosh that bear's got a big dome on him yeah he does that's a good bear i think one shot man